Department of Private & Comparative Law

Welcome to the Department of Private and Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo. Your decision to join us is a significant step in advancing your academic journey. Here, you will engage with a diverse community of talented students and benefit from an intellectually rigorous learning environment. Our dedicated professors and energetic lecturers are committed to providing a supportive and insightful experience, ensuring you acquire a broad knowledge of the law. We are here to assist with both academic and personal challenges, and we encourage you to take full advantage of the many opportunities available. We wish you all the best in your academic pursuits!

Mission

The Department of Private and Comparative Law  is (1) provide its students with a diverse, intellectually rigorous learning environment in which to acquire knowledge of the law in its broadest sense so that they may acquire the  skills  to  become excellent lawyers and professionals ; (2) to promote knowledge understanding  and the value of  comparative law ;  (3)  to create an academic staff, committed to excellence, honesty, openness, diversity and collegiality and (4) to support and advance through our teaching, scholarship, an institutional commitment to justice.

Vision

The Department  of Private and Comparative Law seeks to be distinctive with a strong international and regional comparative focus in private law and aspires to provide an environment that advances scholarly discussion and debate. The department will encourage its staff to high standards of teaching and research.  It will support programs, initiatives and innovations that will serve to further enhance the department’s performance as teachers.